Timeline:Turkey

Dated events for Turkey, generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

2026-08-25

• Turkey Braces For Potential Gas Squeeze as U.S. Targets Iran Trade - gcaptain

2026-08-24

• Forest fire in northwestern Turkey - ukrinform

2026-08-23

• Israel's secret channel to quell the tensions with Turkey - Israel National News

2026-08-21

• Benjamin Netanyahu looks to Russia playbook to handle Turkey amid Syria tensions - The Jerusalem Post

2026-08-20

• Could Israel, Turkey clash in Syria as tensions over military presence grow? - The Jerusalem Post
• Israel strikes military airbase in Syria while warning Turkey - longwarjournal
• Israel's Defense Minister Warns Turkey Against 'Dangerous Adventures' in Syria - gnews

2026-08-19

• As election looms, Netanyahu puts Turkey in Israel's crosshairs - gnews
• Turkey discusses oil and gas exploration, inks phosphates deal with Syria - The Arab Weekly

2026-07-23

• Israel and Turkey’s Emerging Cold War in the Mediterranean - Manara Magazine

2026-07-20

• Iran's Araghchi reveals Turkey's role in thwarting Kurdish offensive - Al-Monitor - gnews

2026-07-12

• Israel worries Turkey could work around US limits to F-35 if sale happens - The Jerusalem Post

2026-06-06

• Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

2026-05-31

• Turkey seeking benefit from Iran war, as Middle East order shifts - The Jerusalem Post

2026-05-01

• Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

2026-04-29

• Turkey’s policies toward Kurds affect Israel, regional stability - The Jerusalem Post

2026-04-26

• Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

2026-04-21

• Turkey Has Been Quietly Preparing for a War, With Israel the Primary Target - Middle East Forum

2026-04-17

• Damascus, MD - gnews

2026-04-15

• Discover - Twin Cities PBS

2026-04-08

• Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Iran ceasefire, urges full implementation - Al-Monitor - gnews

2026-03-30

• Israel foils Hamas terror network run from Turkey - New York Post

2026-03-25

• Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
• The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

2026-03-09

• Turkey caught in the vortex of a widening Iran war - Middle East Institute

2026-03-05

• Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

2026-02-27

• Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

2026-02-10

• Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

2026-02-01

• Tülay Hatimogullari: 'Ankara's policy in favor of Damascus undermined negotiations with the Kurds in Turkey' - Le Monde.fr

2026-01-19

• How Turkey and Damascus Engineered a Kurdish Defeat - Modern Diplomacy

2026-01-15

• Statement from Spain and France on Turkey. - haber7.com

2026-01-09

• Turkey: Israel’s strikes on Syria undermine chemical weapons removal efforts - سانا - gnews

2025-12-20

• Witkoff: US working with Qatar, Turkey, Egypt to establish Gaza Board of Peace soon - The Jerusalem Post

2025-12-12

• Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

2025-12-08

• Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera
• IDF reveals Hamas financial network operating in Turkey - FDD's Long War Journal

2025-12-07

• The Road to Damascus - Al Jazeera

2025-11-19

• Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) - Iran Watch

2025-11-18

• Hamas - Middle East Institute

2025-11-11

• Israel, Turkey fight for drone supremacy, risking Syria war - The Jerusalem Post

2025-11-08

• The Blogs: Turkey and Qatar: America’s Treacherous ‘Allies’ - The Times of Israel

2025-11-03

• UN mandate for Gaza force still in the works, Turkey says - Reuters

2025-11-02

• Turkey set to call for action on Gaza as soon as possible, source says - Reuters

2025-10-26

• Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

2025-10-24

• Turkey taps Nuh Yilmaz as first ambassador to Syria in 13 years - Al-Monitor - gnews

2025-10-21

• Israel and Turkey navigate ties as Ankara joins peace plan - The Jerusalem Post

2025-10-13

• Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

2025-10-01

• Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
• Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

2025-09-26

• Israel - General Debate

2025-09-24

• Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents

2025-09-17

• Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
• History of the Kaaba - TRT World

2025-09-16

• President Erdoğan: Turkey Committed to Supporting Syria’s Unity and Establishing Peace - سانا - gnews
• Will Israel Attack Turkey? Analysis of war scenarios - WANA News Agency

2025-09-05

• Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

2025-09-01

• Turkey-Israel: Diplomatic Relations in Turmoil - Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs - gnews

2025-08-26

• Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

2025-08-25

• Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center
• Turkey implements barriers to prevent shipping to and from Israel - FDD's Long War Journal
• Turkey says Israel should be suspended from UN General Assembly - Middle East Eye

• According to the Address-Based Population Recording System, the country's population was 85,372,377 in 2023, excluding Syrians under temporary protection. 93% lived in province and district centers. - Wikipedia
• After the establishment of the republic, Kemalism emphasized Turkish culture, attempted to make "Islam a matter of personal conviction", and pursued modernization. - Wikipedia
• Anatolia's historical records start with clay tablets from approximately around 2000 BC that were found in modern-day Kültepe. - Wikipedia
• Area: 783,562 sq km - CIA World Factbook
• Article 66 of the Turkish Constitution defines a Turk as anyone who is a citizen. - Wikipedia
• Background: In 1963, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; it began accession talks with the EU in 2005. - CIA World Factbook
• Background: Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire by reformer and national hero Mustafa KEMAL, known as Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." One-party rule ended in 1950, and periods of instability and military coups have since fractured the multiparty democracy, in 1960, 1971, 1980, 1997, and 2016. - CIA World Factbook
• Background: Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and NATO in 1952. - CIA World Factbook
• Between 1950 and 2020, Turkey's population more than quadrupled from 20.9 million to 83.6 million; however, the population growth rate was 0.1% in 2023. - Wikipedia
• Branches: Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), Turkish Naval Forces (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Forces (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri); ; Ministry of Interior: Gendarmerie General Command (aka Gendarmerie of the Turkish Republic), Turkish Coast Guard Command, General Directorate of Security (National Police) (2025) - CIA World Factbook
• Capital: Ankara - CIA World Factbook
• Chief of state: President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 28 August 2014) - CIA World Factbook
• Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior - CIA World Factbook
• Currently, Turkey has various local cultures. - Wikipedia
• Equipment: the military's inventory is comprised of domestically produced and mostly European (such as Germany, Italy, and Spain) or US armaments; other suppliers have included Russia and South Korea; Türkiye's defense industry produces a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial vehicles/drones; some of its domestically produced armaments are produced jointly with foreign partners or based on imported weapons systems and produced under license (2025) - CIA World Factbook
• Ethnic groups: Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 6-11% (2016 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Expenditures: 2.1% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
• Göbekli Tepe is close to 12,000 years old. - Wikipedia
• Head of government: President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 9 July 2018) - CIA World Factbook
• In 2023, the total fertility rate was 1.51 children per woman, below the replacement rate of 2.10 per woman. - Wikipedia
• In a 2018 health survey, the ideal children number was 2.8 children per woman, rising to 3 per married woman. - Wikipedia
• In addition to Europe or Islam, Turkish culture was also influenced by Anatolia's native cultures. - Wikipedia
• In the 19th century, Turkish identity was debated in the Ottoman Empire, with three main views: Turkism, Islamism and Westernism. - Wikipedia
• It is estimated that there are at least 47 ethnic groups represented in Turkey. - Wikipedia
• Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages - CIA World Factbook
• Legal system: civil law system based on various European systems, notably the Swiss civil code - CIA World Factbook
• Life expectancy: 76.7 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Literacy: 97.3% (2021 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Location: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria - CIA World Factbook
• Major urban areas: 15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023) - CIA World Factbook
• Median age: 34.4 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower - CIA World Factbook
• Neolithic Anatolian farmers differed genetically from farmers in Iran and Jordan Valley. - Wikipedia
• Other important Anatolian Neolithic sites include Çatalhöyük and Alaca Höyük. - Wikipedia
• Parts of Anatolia include the Fertile Crescent, an origin of agriculture. - Wikipedia
• People within the 15–64 and 0–14 age groups corresponded to 68.3% and 21.4% of the total population, respectively. - Wikipedia
• Personnel: approximately 495,000 active military personnel; approximately 150,000 Gendarmerie (2025) - CIA World Factbook
• Population: 84,625,585 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
• Present-day Turkey has been inhabited by modern humans since the late Paleolithic period and contains some of the world's oldest Neolithic sites. - Wikipedia
• Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) - CIA World Factbook
• Terrain: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges - CIA World Factbook
• These early Anatolian farmers also migrated into Europe, starting around 9,000 years ago. - Wikipedia
• Things such as music, folk dance, or kebap variety may be used to identify a local area. - Wikipedia
• Those aged 65 years or older made up 10.2%. - Wikipedia
• Troy's earliest layers go back to around 4500 BC. - Wikipedia
• Turkey also has a national culture, such as national sports leagues, music bands, film stars, and trends in fashion. - Wikipedia
• Turkey is home to 21 UNESCO World Heritage sites and 31 UNESCO intangible cultural heritage inscriptions. - Wikipedia
• Turkey is home to numerous Neolithic settlements, such as Çatalhöyük. - Wikipedia
• Urbanization: 77.5% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook